it's my birthday! let's all have pie for breakfast.
and because i think everyone should be happy on my birthday, please enjoy a 30% discount on anything you like in my bricolagelife shop! simply use coupon code august30 at check out. throw a little confetti in the air and have a happy day with me :)
i realized it was coming up this month... and then i got distracted. but happy anniversary anyway - to me and to you!
hard to believe, but i have been typing in and uploading photos here for four years and six days now. the stats tell me that my posts total comes to 1,180 (including today's) and that you have chimed in with your kind comments 2,251 times over the years. i thank you for that. and later tonight i will raise a glass and toast us - cheers!
somehow it snuck up on me. today is our anniversary! happy june 13th to my sweetie and me.
the shipping department is overflowing with all manner and sizes of recycled packing materials donated from lovely friends and family. the sun is shining, blossoms are blooming, birds are chirping and it finally feels like spring for real here. it's friday! it is may 20th!
who needs more reasons to celebrate? not me!
take 20% off anything and everything in all three of my shops from today until i wake up in the morning on june 1st (12 days only!). simply type may20 in the coupon code at checkout.
yep! everything in the bricolagelife shop...
everything in clubhouse books...
and everything in daisychain vintage!
i do ship all around the globe! if you see something you must have and need a shipping adjustment for your country - i am happy to provide you with one. use the contact link in each shop and i will send you a quick shipping quote. {combined shipping will be provided for multiple sales and any overage beyond $2 refunded thru paypal}
happy friday! happy may 20! happy shopping!
my son was born on a cold and gloomy february 13th, just six hours shy of valentines day. no matter how financially challenged we are when this date rolls around, my dear husband finds a way to procure a bunch of bright waxy tulips to mark the double celebration. since this happens every year i ought to be expecting it but he manages to surprise me again and again. this year's deep red flowers turned a translucent magenta before drying into crisp dark burgundy. i had to take a few pictures.
more fleurs - mort et vivant.
happy march 1st!
happy valentines day. have a good one.
xo
today is the birthday of someone we adore. happy birthday, my boy!
in the spirit of clearing out and tidying up... it's a year end sale - i'm making room for new projects in the shop!
being separated from our british ancestors by about 18 generations, we didn't celebrate boxing day when i was growing up. in fact i'd never even heard of this day-after-christmas-holiday until i was an adult person fully intrigued by every kind of established festival wrapped around december 25th. over the years we have introduced a few substantial traditions to our winter holiday until the parenthesis around christmas day now stretch from october thru mid january. i am forever attempting to convince others that christmas is a season, not just a day (for someone who celebrates her own birthdays all thru the month of august, this is to be expected). anyone can take the seed of a known ritual and create a unique custom that becomes meaningful to their own holidays. there are so many ways to make our own deep connection to the cycles of the year. i like that. so on this boxing day we do have a bag or two on the porch, stuffed and ready to be donated to our favorite charity. when the snow stops we will load up the old volvo and drop them off. we will think of all the generous goodwill that has come our way and pass it along as best we are able.
but mostly today i will be tidying up my work space. it's a good time for me to reflect on the past year (and decade) and consider plans and pathways for the coming new year. handling every box, tin, photo, scrap of paper, cloth and string piled up on my work table becomes a meditative process. projects begun and set aside are revisited, rearranged, sorted and often completed.
the tree will not come down today. the twinkle lights, ornaments and tinsel garland won't be packed away for another two weeks (sometimes more). we will happily continue listening to christmas tunes and watching the last of the classic movies on our list. a slice of panettone will be served with morning coffee until the final crumb is consumed. and you may catch us digging down to the toes of our christmas stockings for those elusive milk chocolate coins in the long chilly evenings ahead. and we will still wish you a happy holiday when we pass you in the street on a snowy walk.
it's here! whatever winter holidays you mark and celebrate - i wish you the most cozy, peaceful and merry days.
bricolage: something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available. life: capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change peculiar to animals and plants before death.
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